aidant

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (to aid, to help).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)

  1. (obsolete) helpful, assisting
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
      All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

Noun

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aidant (plural aidants)

  1. (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.
    • 1883, Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts, page 540:
      He said, "The court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment in rem, given by the Portuguese court," and then he said []
    • 1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140:
      More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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aidant

  1. gerund of aidar

French

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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aidant

  1. present participle of aider

Adjective

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aidant (feminine aidante, masculine plural aidants, feminine plural aidantes)

  1. helping

Noun

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aidant m (plural aidants, feminine aidante)

  1. helper

Further reading

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Old French

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Verb

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aidant

  1. present participle of aider

Adjective

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aidant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aidant)

  1. ready or in agreement to help, to assist

Declension

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